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D. V. GARIS. HAT FASTENER. No. 606,006. Patented June 21,1898.

ATTORNEY.

DAVID V. GARIS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TOCHARLES L. SCHWARZ, OF SAME PLACE.

HAT-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 606,006, dated June 21,1898.

Application filed February 19, 1897. Renewed April 14:, 1898. Serial No.677,626. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, DAVID V. GARIS, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hat-Fasteners, whichimprovement is fully set forth in the following specification andaccompanying drawings.

My invention consists of an improved construction of hat-fastener whichis adapted to be readily applied to existing hats and bonnets and isnormally invisible, the necessity for the employment of pins or otherfastening devices to hold the hat in position being entirely obviated,provision being made for causing the fastening-pin to spring into thecrown of the hat out of sight when the hat is removed from the head.

It further consists of novel details of construction, all as will behereinafter set forth, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a hat-fastener embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 represents a side elevation of the fastener removedfrom the hat, showingv the position the parts assume when the hat is onthe head. Fig. 3 represents a side elevation showing the position theparts automatically assume when the hat is removed from the head. Fig. 4represents a rear elevation of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 represents a rearelevation of Fig. 3.

Similar letters of referenceindicate corresponding parts in the figures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a fastener, one portion of whichconsists of a bow whose limbs 13 are adapted to be attached to the crownof a hat, said limbs having eyes 0 in the rear thereof and the dependingbrace D, which joins said eyes. The'other portion E of the fastenerconsists of the pin F, which is formed with aloop or head H J and hasits limbs held together near said head by means of the ring or strap G,it being seen that the eyes 0 freely receive the ends'of said head.

It will be noticed that the pin has its head mounted in the eyes of thebow as the fulcrum of the former, and when said pin is turned to avertical or substantially vertical .position, limited by the brace D, atwist is imparted in Figs. 3 and 5.

to the ends of the head H J of the pin or to the eyes of the bow, orboth, thus producing a spring the action of which is exerted in a upwardpressure on the pin.

The operation is as follows: The bow is secured within the brim or bodyof a hat in any suitable manner, and owing to the spring or pressureexerted against the pin F the latter occupies a horizontal position andis accordingly folded within said body, as will be seen When service ofthe fastener is required, the pin is turned downwardly in the positionseen in Figs. 1, 2, and 4: and inserted in the back hair in the mannerof an ordinary hair pin or comb, whereby, owing to the forward andupward pressure exerted on the pin, the hat and back hair are pressedtoward each other, thus firmly holding the hat in position on the head.When the pin is withdrawn from the hair and the hat removed from thehead, said pin immediately moves forwardly and upwardly and isautomatically folded within the bow, and consequently the hat.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A hat-fastener consisting of a bow having limbs with eyes andprovided with a brace continuous of said eyes, and a pin having a headwhich latter .is mounted on said eyes.

2. In a hat-fastener, the bow B having the eyes 0 and brace and stop Dcontinuous thereof, and the pin F having,on its upper portion, thecontracted neck with the confining-clasp G therefor and a head abovesaid neck mounted on said eyes, said pin normally closing toward saidbow.

3. A hat-fastener consisting of the limbs B, B, with the eyes-O, O, anddepending brace D integral with said limbs and eyes, and the pin Fhaving a looped head portion, and depending limbs E, E, 'said'headportion being journaled in the eyes 0, O and the clasp G on said limbsE, E.

DAVID.V. GARIS.

Vitnesses:

WM. 0. WIEDERsHEn/r, O. D. MCVAY.

